Greatest Hits

Wes Montgomery | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 17, 1990)
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B00000EAKN
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #868,098 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. California Nights

2. Windy

3. Switchin'

4. I Say a Little Prayer for You

5. Yesterday

6. Pata Pata

7. Wind Song

8. Butterfly

9. Georgia on My Mind

10. Hello, Young Lovers

11. Fly Me to the Moon

12. Road Song

13. A Day in the Life

14. Down Here on the Ground

15. When a Man Loves a Woman

16. Eleanor Rigby

17. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

18. Know It All (Quem Diz Que Sabe)

19. My Favorite Things

20. Scarborough Fair/Canticle

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The bonus tracks make this one worthwhile, September 20, 1999

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J. B Brent (Oak Ridge, Tennessee USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wes Montgomery - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

When Wes Montgomery's GREATEST HITS was released as A&M SP 4247 on vinyl in 1970, it contained only 10 tracks. It was expanded to a 20-song set with the CD release of CLASSICS in 1987. This remastered GREATEST HITS contains the same tracks as CLASSICS. Fifteen of the tunes come from Wes' three A&M albums, A DAY IN THE LIFE, DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND and ROAD SONG. There are 5 titles not featured on these albums: "Pata Pata," "Butterfly," "Hello Young Lovers," "My Favorite Things" and "Switchin." Because these songs demonstrate Wes' improvisational talents, this set is worth having even if you already own the other 3 albums.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wes' "Greatest Hits"? - well, yes, "hits".., July 5, 2003

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Douglasnegley (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wes Montgomery - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

It is nice to see people digging Wes - no matter what the venue. Popular songs made Wes accessable to a larger audience, and it made him some well deserved bread in the process. His style became defined (some might say diluted as well) and, much like with Antonio Carlos Jobim, the style that was boiled down from this genius CREATED the genre now known as "elevator/dentist office music". That said, it doesn't mean his 'greatest hits' is his greatest work. It emphatically is not...in my opinion. If you dig this CD you may or may not dig "Smokin' at the Half Note", or "Boss Guitar". But I'll bet you will, and you owe it to yourself and to Wes to check them out along with his debut LP entitled "The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery". All in all, again, I love to see people loving Wes Montgomery under any and all banners - be they 'pop hits' or jazz classics.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fat juicy guitar playin', July 28, 2000

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Todd Hagley "groucho75" (Decatur, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wes Montgomery - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I finally bought this album the other day because after hearing so much from fellow guitar players about Wes' style. I can't believe I haven't picked this up before now! These tracks are mostly pop standards, and while the musicianship is top notch, it makes me hunger to hear his live material, if only to listen to his improvisational skills.

At times it can sound dangerously close to elevator music, but there is little to be done about that. Its tragic that his life was so short, that he couldn't be allowed to go in whatever direction he wanted.

All in all, this is serves me as a great introduction to his work, and will push me into buying more.